Russell McMahon wrote:

> To some degree this is unavoidable but for much material this may
> be able to be reduced by both having an FAQ or resource repository
> and, most importantly, having a regular message which points readers
> to it.

        There are a number of very good FAQ's (such as Andy Warren's)
        and many exhaustive despatch pages (such as Don McK's).  Both
        these can be tracked down within 60 seconds using any search
        engine.

        The problem is not the availability of this material, but
        rather people's laziness in finding it.

        If somebody can't be bothered going to Altavista and typing
        'microchip pic faq' why do you think they would be bothered
        following a pointer from this mailing list?

___Bob